Friday, December 21, 2007

Mae West: SEX 'til Dec. 23rd

How many remember MAE WEST in the Columbia film "The Heat's On"? Portraying an actress Fay Lawrence, Mae opens the film singing “I’m Just a Stranger in Town.” When Hubert Bainbridge — — a pathethic would-be lothario [actor Victor Moore] — — comes to pitch some woo with his bad toupee unhinged, Fay says, “Don’t look now, honey, but your hair’s skiddin’!” ["The Heat's On" was released 9 February 1944.]
• • Why mention an ill-conceived movie from the 1940s? Wait, there's a tie-in!
• • Don't look now, honey, but your chance to spend an evening with "Sex" is skiddin'!
• • The Aurora Theatre (Berkeley, California) extended your pleasure by keeping "Sex" onstage until 23 December 2007.
• • Don't be a stranger in town. Beauteous Delia McDougall portrays Margy LaMont — — the role Mae West scripted for herself. Come up and enjoy "Sex" before it goes skiddin' away down memory lane.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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2 comments:

  1. R. Mark Desjardins10:51 PM

    What ever happened to Mae West's excised musical number in The Heat's On entitled "Lure?" She was costumed in a gown of coruscating blue sequins, except for skin-colored net intended to photograph as real flesh. The outfit featured a fantastic headdress in the form of a coiled snake. Several stills of this production number attest to the fact that it was filmed and yet it has never surfaced. Does anyone have an idea what happened to this musical production number which was considered too daring in 1943? Marknorthwest@hotmail.com

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  2. Mae West NYC11:38 AM

    • • The fantastic headdress, shaped like a coiled snake, is quite a colorful creation.
    • • This blog has shown a photo of MAE WEST wearing that headgear during the 1950s and embracing bodybuilder Richard DuBois.
    • • You are on to something when you wonder what was missing from the movie. However, out of eighty minutes, Mae West was on camera exactly twenty-four minutes and forty-two seconds. A lot was left on the cutting room floor.
    ~ ~ come up and see Mae ~ ~

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